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Bill Ferny · 12-29-2002, 11:32 AM

Willie,<P>First of all I did say it was totally justifiable to hate the movie based on the fact that it was not faithful to the books. What I’m driving at is that sometimes you have to look a little closer to see that in many ways the omissions, additions, and mistakes were not necessarily contrary to the spirit of Tolkien. Looking above you see a brief discussion of the Arwen aging thing and Arwen/Elrond exchange, and Tolkiengurl, rather fairly, investigating the appendix to RotK and finding that PJ was right in line with Tolkien on the issue. Looking at the thread on Faramir, there are a number of interpretations that demonstrate that PJ was trying to drive home a point that Tolkien made in a different way.<P>I don't think it fair to assume that PJ made the movies with Tolkien fans in mind. He says himself that the first time he read the books he thought it would make a good movie, not that "so many people liked the books, maybe I should make it into a movie." The first motivation for Mr. Jackson came from his own personal reading of the book, his awe at a good story, not intpretations, theories or any other such Tolkienology from a forum like the BD. In the end, I would rather someone make a movie about LotR based on their own love of the work, and not a kowtowing to fans.

12-29-2002, 11:32 AM	#172
Bill Ferny Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bree Posts: 390	Willie,<P>First of all I did say it was totally justifiable to hate the movie based on the fact that it was not faithful to the books. What I’m driving at is that sometimes you have to look a little closer to see that in many ways the omissions, additions, and mistakes were not necessarily contrary to the spirit of Tolkien. Looking above you see a brief discussion of the Arwen aging thing and Arwen/Elrond exchange, and Tolkiengurl, rather fairly, investigating the appendix to RotK and finding that PJ was right in line with Tolkien on the issue. Looking at the thread on Faramir, there are a number of interpretations that demonstrate that PJ was trying to drive home a point that Tolkien made in a different way.<P>I don't think it fair to assume that PJ made the movies with Tolkien fans in mind. He says himself that the first time he read the books he thought it would make a good movie, not that "so many people liked the books, maybe I should make it into a movie." The first motivation for Mr. Jackson came from his own personal reading of the book, his awe at a good story, not intpretations, theories or any other such Tolkienology from a forum like the BD. In the end, I would rather someone make a movie about LotR based on their own love of the work, and not a kowtowing to fans. __________________ I prefer Gillaume d’Férny, connoisseur of fine fruit.